San Joaquin County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Kosaka, Yoshiko  January 7 2005
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Lodi News  Jan. 8, 2005
Yoshiko Kosaka
Yoshiko "Yo" Kosaka, 80, of Lodi, died Jan. 7 in a local hospital. She was born 
Yoshiko Muranaka on April 29, 1924, in Montebello, where she was raised and 
educated.

Mrs. Kosaka graduated from high school in 1942. At the beginning of World War 
II, she and her family were evacuated to Santa Anita Assembly Center for six 
months, and then moved to the relocation center in Rohwer, Ark. After their 
release, she attended Earlham College in Richmond, Ind. In 1950, she married 
Sanaye "Poncho" Kosaka in Chicago, Ill., where they made their home. She was 
employed by C.N.A. Insurance Company in Chicago for nine years. She and her 
husband later moved to Gardena and resided there for 23 years. While living in 
Gardena, she was employed by C.N.A. Insurance Company in the Los Angeles office 
for 18 years until her retirement in 1986. Following her retirement, the couple 
moved to Lodi. She was an active volunteer for the LOEL Center, where she was 
an exercising instructor for 16 years and an in-line dancing instructor for 15 
years. She enjoyed bowling and sewing.

She is survived by her husband, Sanaye "Poncho" Kosaka, of Lodi; step-son, 
Gerald Kosaka, of Lodi; brother, Tomio Muranaka, of San Pedro; sister, Teri 
Uyehara, of Grand Junction, Colo.; two step-grandchildren and four step-great-
grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her brother, Shigemi Muranaka, in 1999.

A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the Evergreen Chapel at 
Cherokee Memorial Park, Highway 99 and Harney Lane, Lodi. Inurnment will be 
private at Cherokee Memorial Park. There will be no visitation.

A family remembrance Memorial Registry may be signed from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 
Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, and from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Tuesday at 
Cherokee Memorial Funeral Home, 831 Industrial Way, near Beckman Road, Lodi.

Cherokee Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.



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